Venezuela/Public Discussion

The public discussion process for the Venezuelan adaptation of the BY-NC-SA 3.0 license draft is now open.

Both Spanish and English versions of the draft BY-NC-SA 3.0 license are available, as is a summary of the substantial changes proposed by the legal team to port the licenses to Venezuelan copyright law.

If you have comments about the licenses, whether in regards to legal, linguistic or usability issues, please feel welcome to use the wiki's discussion page or the CC Latin America mailing list to share your thoughts. You can also share your thoughts privately with John Piñango at jpinango@cnti.gob.ve.

Creative Commons would like to extend a huge thank you to the CC Venezuela team and especially to the Centro Nacional de Technologìas de Información.

NATIONAL CENTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

The National Center of Information Technologies (CNTI) is a Venezuelan institution, created in 2000 under the Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (MCT), whose raison for being strengthen efforts in the field of Informatics developed in the government sector and organized communities to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the State and promote the development and strengthening of national capacity in the sector of Information Technology (IT) Free.

The CNTI has a technical advisory group to accompany the Venezuelan state institutions in the diagnosis, planning and project development for Free IT adoption. It also offers certification in respect of the acquisition, use and development of products and services based on open standards established by the Technical Standards promulgated by the Bolivarian Government.

In order to support to the projects based on Free IT, the CNTI encourages participatory mechanisms open to the development of proposals for technical standards that promote quality, integration and adaptation of computer products and services in government institutions.

From the National Center of Information Technologies conducts sociotechnological project Canaima GNU / Linux operating system, whose development is currently participating in the National Community of Free Software. Similarly, this institution is part of the Canaima Education, which gives children in a primary laptop with educational content, created with Free
Software.

To enhance the dissemination of knowledge, experience, services and information of interest generated by those involved in the use, creation and appropriation of IT Free in Venezuela, as set out in the legal framework and according to international open standards, the CNTI offers a collaborative work platform, available in www.softwarelibre.gob.ve.

This online platform support with the National Repository Application (RNA), with solutions developed in free software, useful for the government of Venezuela, the network Colabora, venue for socialization and appropriation of knowledge in Free IT, the Venezuelan Free Software Industry (Invesol) that brings offers of products and services developed by Free IT production units.

The CNTI is also responsible for training servants and public servants, and representatives of production units around the production, use and management of Free Software solutions. Consistently performs face training programs through its node of the Academy of Free Software and Service also has an online technology training through the virtual classroom portal.